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Carrier Corp chmn C Wampler blames co's econ troubles on 'overloading' of dealers in '56, econ mobilization conf
US and GB map joint action to aid Govt if it asks help against outside threat; Pres Eisenhower briefs Cong leaders on US role in crisis
The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People denounced Representative Adam Clayton Powell Jr. yesterday for "extreme racialism."
hailed, Algiers; pro-Gaullist mass meetings held; Algerian attitude towards Pflimlin discussed
Deputy Under Sec Murphy tells Sen com Govt gave assurances of Nixon safety despite repts of expected violence; CIA Dir Dulles testifies
1958Ron Reagan, American journalist and radio host[†]
Ronald Prescott "Ron" Reagan is an American political commentator and broadcaster. He is a former radio host and political analyst for KIRO and Air America Radio, with which he hosted his own daily three-hour show. He has also been a contributor to MSNBC.
1958Jane Wiedlin, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actress[†]
Jane Wiedlin is an American musician, singer, songwriter, and actress, best known as the co-founder, rhythm guitarist, and backing vocalist of the new wave band The Go-Go's. She voices Dusk, the drummer and backup vocalist of the fictional rock band the Hex Girls. She also had a successful solo career.
1958Capital Airlines Flight 300 collides in mid-air with a United States Air Force Lockheed T-33 over Brunswick, Maryland, killing 12.[†]
On May 20, 1958 a Vickers Viscount airliner operating Capital Airlines Flight 300 was involved in a mid-air collision with a United States Air Force T-33 jet trainer on a proficiency flight in the skies above Brunswick, Maryland. All 11 people on board the Viscount and one of the two crew in the T-33 were killed in the accident.
In 1958, the world population was approximately 2,911,249,671 people[†]